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shrink

/ shrink /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
decrease in size, range, or extent
"His earnings shrank"
"My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
Type of:
decrease diminish lessen
Derived:
shrinking
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 2
become smaller or draw together
"The fabric shrank"
"The balloon shrank"
Opposites:
expand spread out stretch
Type of:
decrease diminish lessen
Kinds of:
flex
Derived:
contraction shrinking shrinkage
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 3
reduce in size; reduce physically
"Hot water will shrink the sweater"
"Can you shrink this image?"
Type of:
decrease lessen minify
Kinds of:
reduce scale down reef miniaturize miniaturise
Derived:
decrease diminution reduction step-down shrinking
Causes:
contract
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 4
a physician who specializes in psychiatry
Type of:
specialist medical specialist
Kinds of:
alienist analyst psychoanalyst Jaspers Karl Jaspers
verb Sense 5
wither, especially with a loss of moisture
"The fruit dried and shriveled"
Type of:
decrease diminish lessen
Kinds of:
atrophy die back die down mummify dry up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 6
draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
Type of:
move
Kinds of:
shrink back retract
Derived:
wince flinch
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
51%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
48
Times Searched
3
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decrease diminish lessen flex expand spread out stretch minify reduce scale down reef miniaturize